“With its union of practicality and magic, a kitchen is a portal offering extended range and providing unlikely paths out of the ordinary. They are here, these lands I return to, in this kitchen.”
So begins Cold Kitchen: A Year of Culinary Journeys, the latest offering from travel and food writer Caroline Eden, with the smell, taste, and preparation of food at its heart. A welcoming refuge with its tempting pantry, shelves of books, and inquisitive dog, Caroline Eden's basement Edinburgh kitchen offers her comfort away from the road. Here, she cooks recipes from her travels, reflects on past adventures, and contemplates the kitchen's unique ability to tell human stories.
Join MOFAD as we celebrate the launch of Cold Kitchen on January 14th. In discussion with Charlotte Druckman, Caroline will discuss the kitchen, travel, and the importance of curiosity and of feeling at home in the world.
Ticket includes access to Flavor: The World to Your Brain from 6 to 7 PM, snacks, and beverages.
Copies of Cold Kitchen can be pre-purchased in a ticket bundle and during the program from our partner bookseller, Kitchen Arts & Letters.
photo by Effie Ioannou
CAROLINE EDEN
is a writer, book critic, and the award-winning author of Red Sands: Reportage and Recipes through Central Asia, from Hinterland to Heartland, a New Yorker Book of the Year; Black Sea: Dispatches and Recipes—Through Darkness and Light; and Samarkand: Recipes and Stories from Central Asia & the Caucasus. She has travelled extensively to countries such as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, and Bangladesh, documenting her experiences across multiple publications including Financial Times, the Guardian, and the Times Literary Supplement, as well as on BBC Radio 4’s “From Our Own Correspondent.” She lives in Edinburgh.
CHARLOTTE DRUCKMAN
is the creator of the from-scratch anthology Women on Food (Abrams, 2019) and is currently writing a book about soap operas with her friend Mayukh Sen titled Love in the Afternoon... and Evening (W.W. Norton & Co). You can find her writing in the Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine and the Washington Post, among other publications, or via "The Sweethearts," a newsletter devoted to the baked goods of NYC and the people behind them.
KITCHEN ARTS & LETTERS
is a bookstore devoted to food and drink, with titles imported from around the world. They emphasize works on food culture and innovation.